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Kent Sellers
I am a statistician that attempts to blend my two passions: leadership and data. I have experience doing data analysis end to end. From data retreival, to data preparation (tidying, reshaping), to exploratory data analysis (visualizations, descriptive statistics), to predictive modeling (machine learning/statistical modeling). I also have a strong background in managing teams as I oversee the data analysis. Once the analysis is complete, I can collaborate with my stakeholders to help their organizations make well-informed and comprehensive decisions.
Work Experience
UI Performance Director
Indiana Department of Workforce Development
Fort Wayne, IN
Present - 2021
- Oversee the data quality and performance metrics for Indiana’s unemployment insurance (UI) system.
- Manage two teams that perform the data reporting, data validation, production monitoring, and auditing functions.
- Led the implementation of several apps and dashboard tools that have each had a profound impact within the agency.
- Currently working with our IT team to direct the development in a data warehouse.
Regional Workforce Studies Manager
Indiana Department of Workforce Development
Fort Wayne, IN
2021 - 2017
- Manage a team of 5 remote data analysts across the state to research and analyze the local workforce.
- Interim project manager for a 1-million-dollar workforce data quality grant awarded to our division.
- Devise new tools and data products for our division, as well as oversee the development and implementation.
- Manage state-federal partnerships and serve as the P.O.C. to our vendors on behalf of our division.
Regional Workforce Analyst
Indiana Department of Workforce Development
Fort Wayne, IN
2017 - 2011
- Researched and analyzed labor market information about the local economy reguarly using survey , administrative, or unstructured data.
- Communicated a variety of data and relevant information about its data source to a wide range of organizations (e.g. business leaders, colleges/universities, chambers of commerce, and economic developers).
- Built and maintained a network of over 5,000 stakeholders across northeastern and eastern Indiana that subscribe to our labor market reports.
- Published educational and analytical articles.
Education
MS., Mathematics
Purdue University Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne, IN
2023
MSc, Applied Statistics
Purdue University Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne, IN
2021
BS, Mathematics Education
Asbury University
Wilmore, KY
2011
Certification
Certified Economic Research Professional
Council for Community and Economic Research
N/A
2021
Applied Data Analytics
Coleridge Initiative
N/A
2019
Sample Publications
How Hoosiers are Recovering from the economic shutdown
InContext, Nov-Dec 2020, vol. 21, no. 6
N/A
2020
What do job openings tell us about our economy?
InContext, Nov-Dec 2018, vol. 19, no. 6
N/A
2018
What is the unemployment rate?
InContext, Nov-Dec 2015, vol. 16, no. 6
N/A
2015
Sample Featured Contributions
Northeast Indiana losing many graduates
Greater Fort Wayne Buseinss Weekly, Oct 2019, Dave Kurtz
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2019
Women making inroads in trades
The Journal Gazette, Dec 2019, Lisa Green
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2019
Re-employed Unemployment Recipients Likely to Make Less Money, Report Shows
Northeast Indiana Works, Jan 2015, Rick Farrant
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2015